239

Year 239 (CCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gordianus and Aviola (or, less frequently, year 992 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 239 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	210s 220s 230s 240s 250s
Years:	236 237 238 239 240 241 242

239 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	239 CCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	992
Assyrian calendar	4989
Balinese saka calendar	160–161
Bengali calendar	−354
Berber calendar	1189
Buddhist calendar	783
Burmese calendar	−399
Byzantine calendar	5747–5748
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2935 or 2875     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2936 or 2876
Coptic calendar	−45 – −44
Discordian calendar	1405
Ethiopian calendar	231–232
Hebrew calendar	3999–4000
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	295–296
- Shaka Samvat	160–161
- Kali Yuga	3339–3340
Holocene calendar	10239
Iranian calendar	383 BP – 382 BP
Islamic calendar	395 BH – 394 BH
Javanese calendar	117–118
Julian calendar	239 CCXXXIX
Korean calendar	2572
Minguo calendar	1673 before ROC 民前1673年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1229
Seleucid era	550/551 AG
Thai solar calendar	781–782
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 365 or −16 or −788     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 366 or −15 or −787

Events

China

• Cao Fang succeeds his adoptive father Cao Rui as emperor of the Cao Wei state, in the Three Kingdoms period of China.[1]
• A Chinese expeditionary force from the Eastern Wu state discovers the island of Taiwan.

Religion

• Origen publishes the Old Testament in five languages.

Deaths

• January 22 – Cao Rui, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (b. 206)[1]

References

1. Crespigny, Rafe de (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). BRILL. p. 47. ISBN 9789047411840.